Recently, WhatsApp for Windows Phone 8 received an update that brings several new features and improvements. Along with the usual bug fixes and improvements, the new update brings several new features to the application.

The latest update comes with various voice messaging improvements as well as the ability to pin chats to start. The latest WhatsApp for Windows Phone also brings support for some new languages as well as orientation lock and the ability to change the text size. The orientation lock is only available for Windows Phone 7 powered devices.

Here’s the complete change log:

Voice Messaging improvements

Pin chats to start

New settings: orientation lock (WP7), text size

Better message forwarding options

Various enhancements and bug fixes

New languages: Croatian, Hungarian, Lithuanian

It’s good to see that the folks at WhatsApp are working on updates for Windows Phone platform, which has been ignored by many. But, it seems that the future of Windows Phone 8 may not be the same as it was before. In addition, there are a few other developers as well who are actively working on to make sure their applications are up-to-date and bug free. And, with the launch of GDR3 update, it seems that we will see WP8 handsets featuring top of the line specifications.

You can download the application by visiting the Windows Phone Store link given below.